APEX Express – May 24, 2007
Members of the Muslim American community visit a Japanese American internment camp and a pilgrimage re-creates the forced removal to Tanforan.
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APEX Express – May 3, 2007
Delicious Venom, a hip hop duo based outta Minnesota representin’ the Hmong community and straight edutainment! Also, we will speak to local activists about the recent Immigrant Workers march and continued struggle for immigrant workers rights in the API community. Also, catch a frrrresh Hot 7 at 7 mixup by your one and only, DJ … Continued
APEX Express – April 19, 2007
Alienation among Asian American youth, in the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre by Cho Seung-Hui, a Korean-American English major and a creative writer. Atashi Chakraborty of Narika tells us about Provoked, a new Bollywood film with Aishwarya Rai, about domestic violence in the South Asian community, and we speak with Rohini Hensman, author of … Continued
APEX Express – April 12, 2007
Hear about the struggle of a Samoan Warrior named Clement Brown Kelemeke, currently held in the “Adjustment Center” at San Quentin State Prison. Also, Racial profiling and religion: how they come together on a tour of a Sikh gathering place.
APEX Express – April 5, 2007
Power Struggle, Sentenced Home, and this live deejay! Power Struggle, SF/Brooklyn-based hip hop duo consisting of Nomi, the emcee and Deetalx, the dj recently dropped "Arson at the Petting Factory", a heavy-hitting album in sound and content. Tune in as we speak to Nomi about the crew and perhaps even get a little freestyle session…Peep … Continued
APEX Express – March 29, 2007
An API prison anthology complied by ex-prisoner Eddy Zheng who also shares messages for youth. And, Monster cable gets re-wired after firing elderly, immigrant, workers who organize for respect.
APEX Express – March 22, 2007
Justice for Korean comfort women? Rebels, Chinatown conflicts and a woman’s stablizing force in The Eighth Promise. This week’s show also features an interview with documentary film makers Anjali Monteiro (who is a Fulbright scholar at Berkeley this semester) and K P Jayasankar, on their films on the city of Mumbai.
APEX Express – March 15, 2007
Host Pratap Chatterjee discusses the Asian American Film Festival with associate director Taro Goto and four of the film makers: Hyun-Ock Im, Joy Dietrich, Duc Nguyen and Stephane Gauger. Hyun-Ock Im is producer of "And Therafter II," a documentary film about a Korean prostitute turned war bride. Joy Dietrich is director of "Tie A Yellow … Continued